Maria wears the German colours today. She wears a red skirt, a black jacket and a yellow neckerchief.
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Neckerchief
//ˈnɛkə(ɹ)tʃɪf//
Synonyms for "neckerchief" (13 found)
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Translations
37 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- кърпа за врата noun (type of scarf)
- шалче noun (type of scarf)
Catalan
1 entries- mocador noun (type of scarf)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 頸巾 /颈巾 noun (type of scarf)
Dutch
1 entries- halsdoek noun (type of scarf)
Esperanto
1 entries- koltuko noun (type of scarf)
Finnish
2 entries- huivi noun (type of scarf)
- kaulahuivi noun (type of scarf)
French
1 entries- foulard noun (type of scarf)
German
3 entries- Halstuch noun (type of scarf)
- Nickituch noun (type of scarf)
- Seidenhalstuch noun (type of scarf)
Hungarian
2 entries- nyakba való kendő noun (type of scarf)
- nyaksál noun (type of scarf)
Irish
2 entries- brat brád noun (type of scarf)
- ciarsúr brád noun (type of scarf)
Italian
4 entries- cravatta noun (type of scarf)
- fazzoletto noun (type of scarf)
- fazzoletto da collo noun (type of scarf)
- foulard noun (type of scarf)
Japanese
1 entries- ネッカチーフ noun (type of scarf)
Ojibwe
1 entries- moshwe noun (type of scarf)
Polish
1 entries- apaszka noun (type of scarf)
Romanian
1 entries- fular noun (type of scarf)
Russian
3 entries- га́лстук noun (type of scarf)
- косы́нка noun (type of scarf)
- ше́йный плато́к noun (type of scarf)
Spanish
2 entries- fular noun (type of scarf)
- pañuelo noun (type of scarf)
Swedish
3 entries- halsduk noun (type of scarf)
- sjal noun (type of scarf)
- snusnäsduk noun (type of scarf)
Tamil
1 entries- கழுத்துக்குட்டை noun (type of scarf)
Turkish
1 entries- fular noun (type of scarf)
Ukrainian
1 entries- коси́нка noun (type of scarf)
Unami
1 entries- akontpèpi noun (type of scarf)
Volapük
1 entries- tanod noun (type of scarf)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The Boy Scout wore a red neckerchief, the ends clasped with a sliding knot ornament.
Source: wiktionary
Self-assured, peripatetic and unfailingly dapper — he favored dark double-breasted suits and the occasional neckerchief, and once made the cover of Men’s Vogue in Italy — Mr. Enwezor never doubted that an African had every right to take the lead at Western art institutions.
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The fella in question was still sitting at his table, sans everything above the neckerchief. There was blood everywhere, and brain matter, and bits of skull, and what looked like very expensive bone china.
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